Improvement in store-trucks



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@sind @ffm AVDREW V. SMITH, OF SAN'FRANOISCO, CALIFORNA.

Letters Patent N0.v114,21.- ated April 25,1871.4

IMPUVEMENT lN STORE-TRUCKS.

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To all .whom it may conce/rn l Beit known that I, ANDREW V.' SMITH,ofthe city and county' of San Francisco, State `of California, haveinvented an Improved Store-Truck; and I do hereby declare the followingdescription and aecompanying drawing are sudicient to enable any personskilledin the axtor science to which it most nearly appertains to makeand use my-said invention,

or improvements without further invention or experiment.-

`The object of my present'invention is'the construction of an improvedtruck, auch 'as is used about stores and wharves.

The improvement is more especiallvadand to twowheeled trucks; and l i Itconsists- 4 First, in va device for holding the truck and preventing itsrolling back when the frontis depressed to receive or load; and, vSecondly, in an arrangement of parts by which the truck can be held atpleasure on an incline.v

`Referring to the accompanying drawing for a more complete explanationof my invention- 'A A are the 4side flames or railsof the truck havingthe handles B,

A beam, C, extends across thetruck just above the axle D, and its lowerside is beveled each way from the center so that the trnckmay be tippedfrom side A truck to tip from side to side.

The wheels are so vmade that they carry ratchetgears, G, `inside theirperiphery. v

A soit of pawl, I, is attached to each side of the truck-frame at such apoint that when the truck stands as in 6g. 1 the force of gravitationwill cause the ',jwl

tn fall into'contact with the teeth, as shown, and thus hold the wheelsfrom slipping or lather rolling back.

VA good leverage can thus be obtained for raisingthe weight, and whenthe truck is in position for moving o, the pawls immediately fallawayfrom the ratchetgears and allow the wheelsfreedom to move inanydirection. x v f .V

The handles of the tru'ck are made so that a curved hand-hold, N, isformed, which is of aconvenient size tobe easilygrasped 'by the hand.

A straight bar, P, extends from end to end of' a curved handle, N, andthe' outer ends of the two are clipped or fastened together in somesuitable mannen Both the hand-hold N and bar P may he merelyacontinuation of the side rails A, or they may be made of metal andsecured to the 1ails Athe curved bar giving a convenient-sized handle tograsp, while the straight bar strengthens it.

By this arrangement 'I have a. truck which can be easily stopped on anincline, and one which can be easily loaded with no danger of' slipping.

Wh t I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is-

' 1. The selflaoting brake for a storetruckfwhileloading, consistingofthe pawls L and ratchet G; substantially as herein described. e

2. Braking a truck or other vehiclel by means of the 'rocking-beam o andthe stationary brake-blaks F F,

or equivalent devloe substantially as described.

,3. The curved handle Naud straight har P,'when employed as a hand-hold'on a store-truck, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand ANDREW v. sancita. [1..5.]

and seal.

Witnesses:

.Wan GERLAOH,

EUGENE FOLGER, JOHN L. BOONE.

